Wines to Pair with Chocolate – how to make it work
This an updated post from last year – wines, vintages and prices updated. Chocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching...
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Dec 31, 2016
Chestnuts: Chestnut Chocolate Cake
Definitely a chestnut cake with chocolate, rather than the other way round, but if you want it to be more chocolaty use 240g chocolate....
Jun 1, 2016
Ice Creams: Variations & Sauces
Rounding up my ice cream series with variations on a theme, and two sauces. This is also a good place to point out my favourite way of...
May 15, 2016
Ice Creams: Very Chocolatey Ice Cream
Every ice-cream cook has to have a chocolate recipe. This is mine. It was after making this and a seed-speckled vanilla that I turned my...
Mar 27, 2016
Chocolate: Tips and Extras
Happy Easter! To celebrate, I'm rounding off my chocolate recipe series with some tips and extras, including the all-important question...
Mar 24, 2016
Chocolate: Hot Chocolate Puddings
A rich lava-like centre underneath a crisp crust, and a dark, brooding chocolate flavour - quintessential winter comfort, but a taste...
Mar 23, 2016
Wines to Pair with Chocolate – and how to make them tango
Chocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching wines, but it’s certainly not a no-go area. Believe me, after years of...
Mar 19, 2016
Chocolate: Pressed Chocolate Cake
This is a River Café Cookbook recipe. Over the years, I have tried varying it by adding chopped crystallised and stem ginger, rum-soaked...
Mar 13, 2016
Chocolate: Spiced Chocolate Nut Terrine
This needs a couple of hours to chill, but apart from that it’s a doddle to prepare and is not cooked. It works equally well with...
Mar 7, 2016
Chocolate: Chocolate Chip Biscuits
These light-textured shortbread-like biscuits go down well with everyone from tinies through to nineties, probably because they are less...
Mar 1, 2016
Chocolate: Dark Chocolate Orange Mousse
This may lack sophistication as a strategy, but experience has shown that there are two surefire ways to success when giving a lunch or...
Feb 21, 2016
Boozy Food with Spirits: Petits Pots de Chocolate
Aka irresistible chocolate mousse with rum. It's another simple classic that we could all be making instead of more elaborate cakes. And...
Dec 18, 2015
Keep Up Your Strength: Festive Fortifieds
Fortified wines are among the wine world's great bargains. They make excellent presents and it's worth pointing out here that the rare...
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